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6 days ago · Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England.
6 days ago · They included Edward Hall, who described Richard as “evil-featured of limbs, crookbacked, the left shoulder much higher than the right,” and Thomas More, whose “History of King Richard III ...
2 days ago · The controversy surrounding Richard III‘s ascension to the throne remains a central aspect of his enduring legacy and continues to divide historians and the public alike. Shakespeare‘s Portrayal and Popular Perception. The enduring image of Richard III as a villainous, hunchbacked usurper owes much to William Shakespeare‘s play, "Richard ...
May 5, 2024 · She argues that the dominant narrative -- that Richard III had the princes killed to take the throne -- is little more than rumor that calcified into fact over 500 years. Instead, she suggests, the boys were alive when Richard was crowned. Richard III was the last king in England's Plantagenet line.
May 1, 2024 · Was Richard III, who took the crown of England in 1483, a usurper and a tyrant who murdered his nephews, or a true and just king innocent of that crime? After reading a controversial contribution pleading the innocence of King Richard III of England, I decided to read the popular play written by Shakespeare which bears the monarch’s name.
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5 days ago · Richard III, Shakespeare's Globe review - Michelle Terry riffs with punk bravado A female cast rips into toxic masculinity in a rebalanced treatment of villainy by Tom Birchenough Thursday, 23 May 2024
3 days ago · Richard III ascended to the throne, and the Princes in the Tower's fate is unclear. Richard's son predeceased him and Richard was killed in 1485 after an invasion of foreign mercenaries led by Henry Tudor, who claimed the throne through his mother Margaret Beaufort.
